Detroit Pizza Bar ‘built for the future’
The restaurant is the community’s first Black-owned pizza spot and the first sit-down establishment the area has seen for over 30 years. Plus- it has solar panels!
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DTE is municipal power lobby’s ‘greatest advocate’, backer says after outage
Membership in Ann Arbor for Public Power doubled after last week’s outage, but the path to municipalization promises to be a tough one.
State regulators approve settlement in DTE’s long-term energy plan. Here’s what it means.
The deal includes assistance for bills, energy efficiency and renewables for low-income households, but leaves questions open on outage compensation, community solar and affordability, advocates say.
What’s up with the new EPA power plant rules?
Experts say the difficulty and expense of adopting carbon capture and ‘green’ hydrogen technologies may ultimately push utilities to move away from fossil fuels.
DTE agrees to shut down coal-fired Monroe plant in 2032, three years ahead of schedule
The agreement includes investment in renewable energy and storage, energy efficiency, bill assistance and energy equity. It also gives favorable treatment to DTE shareholders, advocates say.
Can Detroit fight blight with solar panels?
The city wants to power its operations with renewable energy generated in Detroit neighborhoods. Will residents agree?
Michigan House Dems propose legislation to incentivize home solar and batteries
The bills would offer utility rebates for solar and battery storage and require operators to recognize those systems as grid assets. Low-income customers would receive higher incentives.
Dismay as Michigan hands out millions of dollars in ‘low carbon’ grants for gas projects
Two-thirds of the money went to support expansion of natural gas and biogas infrastructure.
OPINION: How Minnesota is winning on clean energy, and how Michigan can catch up
Minnesota advocates and legislators passed a transformative clean energy standard into law in the first few weeks of 2023. Unfortunately, Michigan is still back at the starting line.
After 2 winters without heat, this Detroit resident got a new boiler with the help of pilot loan program
Michigan Saves’ Detroit Loan Fund ignores credit scores to expand loan access for energy improvements.